Charles Lucien Léandre (; 23 July 1862 – 24 May 1934) was a French caricaturist and painter. He studied painting under Émile Bin and Alexandre Cabanel.
Early life
Charles Lucien Léandre was born on 23 July 1862 in Champsecret, Orne. His father was the mayor of the town in which they lived until his death in 1868. At 16, Léandre met the painter Émile Bin, who would instruct Léandre. Léandre received multiple awards for his artistic talents in his twenties.
Work and career
thumb| [[Antisemitism|Antisemitic caricature of the Rothschild family by Charles Léandre, published as the cover of Le Rire]]
From 1887 Léandre figured among the exhibitors of the Salon, where he showed numerous portraits and genre pictures, but his popular fame is due to his comic drawings and caricatures. The series of the "Gotha des souverains," published in Le Rire, and Léandre's other work like that seen in L'Assiette au Beurre placed him in the front rank of contemporary caricaturists.